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Greencastle, Ind. - DePauw linebacker
Jonathan Bruder (Sr., Centerville, Ohio/
Centerville) and wide receiver Robby
Ballentine (Jr., Crown Point, Ind./Andrean)
have been selected First Team Academic
All-America® as selected by CSC (College
Sports Communicators) for NCAA Division III
football. They are among 51 student-athletes
to earn the distinction overall and one of just
25 named to the first team.
A biochemistry major with a 3.87 cumulative
grade point average, Bruder was a fourth team
D3football.com all-America selection and was
voted the NCAC's Hank Critchfield Award
recipient as the league's defensive player of the
year. He led the Tigers with 79 tackles including
1.5 sacks for six yards and 6.0 tackles for losses
totaling 16 yards. Bruder had two interceptions
including one against Denison that he returned
70 yards for a touchdown.
Ballentine, a biochemistry and global health
double major, earned second team D3football.
com all-America accolades. He led DePauw
with 78 receptions for 1,204 yards and a
school and North Coast Athletic Conference-
record 20 touchdown catches which ranked
third in Division III this season. He caught at
least two passes in all 12 games and had at
least one touchdown catch in 11 contests.
Ballentine topped the 100-yard plateau seven
times with a high of 194 yards in the NCAA
second-round win over Maryville (Tenn.).
This marks the second time in program
history that two DePauw football student-
athletes have been chosen to the first team
in the same year as Tom Beaulieu and
Matt Nelson did so in 1991. These two are
among DePauw's 55 student-athletes to
earn Academic All-America® honors since
the program's inception in 1952. Including
multiple-year winners, DePauw student-
athletes have earned the distinction 72
times. DePauw men's soccer defender
Alec McCarty earned third team honors in
December.
PHI DELT BROTHERS SELECTED
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA
Congratulations to Jonathan Bruder '25 and Robby Ballentine '26
